# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百四十一条 (Article 341)

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- Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号
- English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三百四十一条 (Article 341) — address `art-341`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百四十一条
<sup>art-341 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-341</sup>

    **第一項**  被告人が陳述をせず、許可を受けないで退廷し、又は秩序維持のため裁判長から退廷を命ぜられたときは、その陳述を聴かないで判決をすることができる。
    <sup>art-341/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-341/par-1</sup>
    When the defendant does not make any statement, leaves the court without permission, or is ordered to leave the court by the presiding judge for the sake of maintenance of order, the court may render a judgment without hearing said person's statement.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused does not make any statement, and said person leaves the court without permission, or is ordered to leave the court by the presiding judge for the sake of maintenance of order, the court may render a judgment without hearing said person's statement." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 341, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06